Peace bid in Honolulu as Johnson Thieu press for talks
In Honolulu the United States and South Vietnam urged North Vietnam to begin realistic talks in Paris. Johnson and Thieu released a 3,000 word communique pledging continued war at current levels with more U S arms aid and a phased South Vietnamese buildup toward 800,000 troops this year. Thieu aimed for greater defense responsibility and rejected bombing halt talks while signaling openness to Viet Cong who defect.
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Eugene V. Risher
Honolulu
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
North Vietnam
Vietnam
National Liberation Front
NLF
Wapsi Flood Caps Anamosa Sewage Plant Area
Flood crest from the Wapsipinicon River floods Anamosa barriers and surrounds the sewage disposal plant while pumps run. electricity remains via a nearby substation as water covers Highway 151 and the dam. Boats ferry people to plants amid rising waters and rapid river flow.
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Wapsipinicon
Anamosa
Jones County
Wapsipinicon State Park
Viet Cong Fire Rockets Hit Saigon Area and Outlying Posts
Viet Cong shelled allied centers from the central coast to the Mekong Delta. Two rockets struck a USS artillery position on Saigon's edge wounding two soldiers near the Y Bridge. Five rockets hit the Nha Be fuel depot igniting a 100,000 gallon tank. Nine mortar and shell bursts wounded civilians and soldiers at Phan Rang Go Cong and the 44th Ranger battalion compound.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
USS
Y Bridge
Nha Be
U.S
Phan Rang
Go Cong
Electrical workers walk out over TV overlay device at GOP convention
In Miami Beach 33 IBEW members quit with CBS News after a dispute over a new on screen name overlay for coverage of the Republican national convention. About 200 more workers walked off in sympathy as NBC ABC crews stayed on. City and GOP officials said the stoppage not yet alarming though a Chicago Democratic convention strike looms as a possibility. outcome depends on length.
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Miami Beach
CBS
Bill Leonard
CBS News
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
NBC
ABC
Chicago
Jay Dermer
Fred Morrison
G.O.P
Woman's hunt for ideal man ends in marriage
A humorous twist shows a woman who spends years seeking the perfect partner but marries anyway. The joke hinges on the idea that timing and commitment trump perpetual search, delivering a lighthearted punchline about romance.
McCarthy and Humphrey Accept Network Debate Offers
The three major networks invited Robert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy to debate Vietnam and other issues on prime time. Both candidates accepted, but no date or network plan was set. Humphrey favored a TV discussion with McCarthy while McCarthy weighed CBS and NBC invitations. Cronkite would moderate CBS.
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New York
API
Robert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Vietnam
Humphrey
McCarthy
Washington
Minnesota
Nashville
Tenn
CBS
Walter Cronkite
NBC
Anamosa Mayor Declares Flooding Worst Ever
The Wapsipinicon River crest near Anamosa around 5 p.m. Saturday as volunteers sandbagged dikes, with 18 000 sandbags deployed to protect homes and the Imperial apartments. Mayor Ray Parsons labeled the situation the worst ever as officials praised nearby volunteer firemen and inmates from the state reformatory for flood control efforts.
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Anamosa
Wapsipinicon
Ray Parsons
Parsons
Imperial
Buffalo Creek
Huge Blast Rips Chicago Site Injuring Dozens
A one story frame building housing three businesses near Van Buren and Plymouth was leveled by an explosion Saturday night. More than 30 people were injured as pedestrians. 25 treated at Presbyterian St Luke’s and five at Henrotin hospitals. Police suspect gas buildup caused the blast. debris and smoke spread across the area.
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Chicago
UPI
Asst
Robert Keleher
Presbyterian St. Lukes Hospital
Henrotin Hospital
Czechoslovakia Rejects Soviet Meeting In Soviet Union
Prague reports say Dubcek and the Czechoslovak leadership oppose a Soviet call for a meeting in the USSR. Leaders prefer it occur in Czechoslovakia and plan to delay any decision until after a September party congress. Troop withdrawals from maneuvers continue slowly toward home bases.
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Prague
Soviet Union
Alexanders Dubcek
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Presidium
Central Committee
Bratislava
Hungary
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